Sally B

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B-17G Flying Fortress Sally B (in July 2005)
B-17G Flying Fortress Sally B (in July 2005)
Sally B with a P-47 (in Oct 2006)
Sally B with a P-47 (in Oct 2006)

Sally B is the nickname of a B-17G-105-VE Flying Fortress, serial 44-85784 which served with the post-war United States Air Force, and the Institute Geographique National as a survey craft. Acquired by preservation group in England after retirement and restored to combat condition, it is housed at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, England. [1]

The Sally B was used in the film Memphis Belle as one of 5 flying B-17s needed for various film scenes, and it was used to replicate the real Memphis Belle in one scene. Half of the aircraft is still in the Memphis Belle livery.


[edit] Photos taken at Rotterdam Airport Airshow, May 1985

Flyby (in May 1985)

On ground (in May 1985)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sally B:The History. sallyb.dcgservices.com/. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.

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